Four times Prime minister, Surya Bahadur Thapa was appointed as Prime minister again by King Gyanendra onJune 4, after the political parties are said to have failed to reach a consensus on a common candidate. TheKing used Article 127 once again to "remove the difficulty" in the implementation of theConstitution. But in the absence of a Parliament, the latter part of the Article where it is mandatory toplace such orders before the Parliament cannot be implemented.